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THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE
"THERE IS NO OCEAN
AS GRAND AS THE WAVES
OF UNDERSTANDING
THAT CROSS OVER IT"
F O R EIGN TRADE
Dedicated to the
Class of '47
THERE WERE MORE than 300 of them. It was the late sum­mer
of '46 and most of them were just out of the Air Force,
probably attracted by the fact that AIFT was General Yount's
school. The rest were fresh from the Army and the Navy.
Their heads were full of memories of Bataa n and the long
bomber raids out of Saipan, of the jungle fighting in the
Solomons and New Guinea, of the Hump and the Bulge, of
beachheads in Norma ndy and at Anzio, of the night flights
from Britain and Foggia. Their nerves were still keyed high
and there were some recollections that were better forgot­ten.
They had an immense vitality and a gay devil-may-care
a i r about them. They were civi lians again, many of them
with their pockets full of separation pay and a great eager­ness
to spend it before they had to go to work for a living
in some nine-to-five job in Brazil or Venezuela.
Among those who will never forget them are the good
burghers of Glendale and Phoenix. When they marched to
their seats by the pool for graduation, to the tune of "Pomp
a nd Circumstance", they held their heads high and were
uncommonly solemn. But later that day they staged a riotous
Neptune Ceremony beside the pool and wound up heaving
all the spectators-faculty and students-into the water for
one mass dunking.
In a few days they were gone and }he as }'e􀁢􆈠 empty. I do not remember how many of em ot l's i
LA-200. It did not seem to matter gJieatly tbe 􀁡􆅯o m􀃌􌰠 th􀃍􌵹y
were much more than students of mine, a na I raise a glass of
A-1 to them all, wherever they may be.
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THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ALFRED KNIGHT
Chairman of the Board
Chairman of the Board
Rust-Proofing, Inc.
WALTER R. BIMSON
Chairman of the Board
Valley Nat1onal Bank
ROLAND D. FELTMAN
Retired President
Feltman & Curme
DANIEL C. GAINEY
President
Josten Mfg. Co.
GRADY GAMMAGE
Prestdent
Arizona State College, Tempe
BARRY GOLDWATER
President
Goldwater's, Inc.
Member, United States Senate
WALTER HARNISCH FEGER
Pres1dent
Harn1schfeger Corporation
G R HERBERGER
Cha􀃾􏹲rman of the Board
G R. Herberger's, Inc
MELVIN S. JACOBUS
Partner
J. J. Jacobus & Company
EDWARD B. JULIBER
Vice President
Phoen1x Title & Trust Company
BENTON M. LEE
Resdient Manager
Dean Witrer & Company
PAUL W. LITCHFIELD
Chairman of the Board
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
JOHN J. LOUIS
Partner
Needham, louis and Brorby, Inc
M. E. McMILLEN
President
First Nattonal Bank of Arizona
JOHN B MILLS
Investments
A. LEE MOORE
A l Moore and Sons
EDWARD V O'MALLEY
President
O'Malley lumber Company
JAN OOSTER!v) EYER
Ret1red Pres1dent
Shell Chem1cal Co
EUGENE C PULLIAM
Pres1dent
Phoen1x Newspapers, Inc.
RAYMOND RUBICAM
Retired Cha1rman of rhe Board
Young & Rub􀃿􏽥eam, Inc
HENRY B. SARGENT
President
A mer. & For Power Co.
CARL A. SAUER
President
American Institute for Fore1gn Trade
FRANK l. SNELL
Partner
Snell & Wilmer·
VERNON E. SOL T
Manager
J C Penney Cor.pany, Glendale
BRUCE BARTON
Chalfman of the Board
Baflen, Barton, Durst me & Osborn
WILLIAM L CLAYTON
Former Under-Secy. of State
RALPH P. COUSINS
Ma1 Gen U S.A F (Ret.)
Founders Insurance Co.
LEWIS W. DOUGLAS
Former U. S. Ambassador
to Great Britain
FINLEY PETER DUNNE, Jc
Washington, D. C
J. N. HARBER, MD., Ret
Phoenix, Arizona
FRED J. KELLY
U. S. OffiCe of Education
The Rt. Rev.
ARTHUR B KINSOL VING, II
Episcopal B1shop of Anzona
JOHN H. MacMillAN, Jr
Presrdenr
Cargill, Incorporated
THOMAS A MORGAN
Retrred Chatrman of the Board
The Sperry Corporation
FLOYD B ODLUM
Charrman of rhe Board
The Atlas Corporatton
EDWARD EWitJG PRATT
Professor of Forergn Trade
New York Universtly
HOWARD PYLE
Deputy Assrstant to the
Presrdent of the United States
C R SMITH
Charrman of the Board
Amerrcan Airlines
LOWELL THOMAS
Author and Commentator
W STOUDER THOMPSON
Troy, Ohio
BRAYTON WILBUR
Prestdent
Wdbur-EIIrs Company
MRS BARTON K YOUNT
Phoen1x, Arizona
Administrat
Facultv
Graduates
Awards
Kev Men
Activit •
IBS
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I On
BREAKING TH E cold p recedents of other
campuses, Carl Sauer, a s Presi dent a n d Dea n
of AIFT, typifies our a dmi n i strators whose
wel comes have a l ways g iven us a n open
door for counsel i n g and friendly advice.
From lunches by the pool to long chats
behi n d the i r desks, the i n forma l ity of our
admin istration staff has consistent l y proven
a tra i t that we have ta ken adva ntage of. To
hel p us stretch our dol l ars, or cure our- colds,
or get the check from Uncle Sam, the i n n er
sanctums of the adm i n i stration buil d i n g
were never off l imits. I n their everyd a y
jobs, these are the people who, more u n ­g
lorified tha n a n y others, made our stay
here p l easant-a n d reward i ng .
Carl A. Sauer
President a n d Dea n
Hugh Winter
Person n el Depa rtment, Fi reston e
Mabel Erickson
Di rector of P l a cement
Stanton S. Von Grabill
Vice President
Martha Brooks
Secretary to Mrs. Erickson
Paul Deuell, Bookkeeper
Berger Erickson, Business Manager
Pat Mohammed, Secretary
Emily Brown (sitting)
Director of Public Relations
Claudia Anderson, Barbara McLaren
Secretaries
Ruth Richardson (sitting)
Carol Mullins, Eileen Wallis
Secretaries
Martha Snyder, Alumni Secretary
Carol Dean, Cashier
Ophelia de Castro e Silva, Assistant and Lora Jeanne Wheeler, librarian.
MAJOR CONTRiBUTORS i n their jobs, these a re
the peopl e whose d a i l y efforts oi l the wheels of
AIFT. While Miss R i chardson ma kes sure that our
c redits add up, Mr. Erickson i s busily trying to
make fin a n c i a l ends meet. Miss Brown spends a
hectic day writi ng, tal king, a nd sel l i n g AIFT.
Shoul d Dr. Shurz arise with a new and d i fferent
l ibra ry a ssignment, Miss Wheeler a n d Mrs. de Castro e S i l va a re there with handy solutions.
M i ss Myers, our Canadia n-born nurse, cures a il s
with pi l l s a nd a good ta r for hea r i ng our troubles.
And Miss W i l l i s, as secretary to Mr. Sauer, is a n
a l l -importa nt source of rel iev i ng our President of
part of the burden big enough for three.
Jean Myers
Nurse
Betty Willis
Secretary to the President
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Paul and Sylvia Wiechert
KEEPI NG US FED, warm i n w i nter, cool i n sum mer,
and ha ppy i n-between a re the rigorous tasks of
our d i n i ng ha l l a n d house keeping staffs. S y l v i a
a nd P a u l Wiechert spend a 12-hour d a y keep i n g
t h e ca lories down a nd t h e p rote i n s u p . T h e jobs
of M rs . Henderson a nd Mr. Gyger a re conti nuous
head aches of keep i n g our rooms i n good repa i r
a nd see i n g that peo p l e stay w herE! they be l ong .
W h i l e some m a y ha ve been mystified by Mrs.
Henderson's fi l i ng system, all a re even more
a mazed that it a l ways bal a nces out cor rect l y . Tom
Sunderlin, possi b l y the most i n d i spensa b l e m a n
a bout A I FT, keeps a n efficient a n d ha ndy l i a i so n
between u s a nd t h e rest o f the world. Charley
Bra ley, patient a n d loya l as he forever i s, has be­come
a friend to a l l Thunderbi rders as he sorts
a nd conscientiousl y ca res for our m a i l.
Fred Gyger and Amanda Henderson Charles Braley and Tom Sunderlin
T H E A I FT FACULTY represents th ree spheres
of lear n i ng: area studies, language, and
foreig n t rade. In each of these departments
we have fbund that our teachers were prac­t
ical experts i n the i r subj ects: thei r knowl­edge
is generated from years of l i v i ng i n
the countries, spea k i ng the languages, and
marketing the goods of America.
The i r approach to teachi ng has been
pragmatic, modern, and rea l istic, and from
the i r fri endship and encouragement we
have tried to devel op, as i nd i v i duals, w hat
A I FT stands for: a person better prepared
to l i ve and work in the field of i nternat ional
commerce.
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William L. Schurz
Director of the
Department of Area Studies
Area S tudies
FEW P EOPLE TODAY have had as honored
and va ried a career of foreign service as
Dr. W i l liam Lytle Schu rz. As Area Studies
Di rector a nd Professor of the latin America,
Western Eu rope, and International Relations
cou rses, Dr. Sch u rz is a rich source of knowl­edge
a nd experience. His wa rmth, a n d un­derstanding
of other peoples a nd for man­kind
in general have exemplified to us the
real fou ndations for a successful career
abroad.
Emily Brown
TEACH I NG the Far East a rea is only one of
the many tasks u ndertaken at AIFT by Miss
Emil y Brown, Director of Public Relations.
At Thunderbird after a career as correspon­dent
in Southeast Asia d u ring a nd a fter
World War II, Miss Brown lends to students
of the Far East a perceptive a nd wa rm­headed
g l a nce at the cultu res of the Orient.
Gerald Richter
Paul Wilson
Depa rtment Heads
Foreign Trade
BY COMB INING the aggregate experience of
more years than they might wish to tell, our
foreign trade depa rtment teachers have con­ducted
a yea r-long campaign to give us a clear
and intelligent business picture. To our endless
questions they were forever patient, and to our
efforts they were always fa ir. For whatever we
may know of the rea lities of foreign trade, we
thank this group, whose abi l ity and sincerity
were a st imulus never fu lly appreciated.
And advertising, too.
John Campbell
David Clark
Mitzie Barrutia
Secretary
William Hacker Ross Jones
Richard Turner and Arthur Goodearl
"Fundamentally" right:
laurence Finney; Dr. Howard W. lessen, Director of the
Department of Languages; Frank Jackie
From the United States:
Amalio Suarez and Dick Barrutia
From France and Portugal:
Suzanne Diamond, Nellie Kirkpatrick, and Maria l. de
Noronha
Languages
Frqm Mexico:
Raquel and Francisco Gaona, linda Diez
From Brazil and Colombia:
SHELLED WITHIN their half of the Faculty Bui lding, ou r
language teachers sit in the most cosmopol itan concentra­tion
of individua ls at AIFT. Of varied personalities and
numerous dialects, they afforded us a sing ular opportunity
to know-and to learn from-a. good sampling of the world's
population. Their eagerness and enthusiasm, thei r regards
for our progress, were proven every day, in class and out.
They were our teachers, and our friends.
From Costa Rica and Guatamala:
Opheli;� and Guilherme de Castro e Silva, Consuelo
de Fleek
Carmen de Boller, Jorge Carrera, and Alicia Ampiee
Facultv Off Guard
THE CLASSES OF 1957 represe nt the tenth
anniversary graduates of AIFT. Although
we have borrowed from traditions cemented
for us in the past decade, each of us has
brought-and doubtless received something
new from the Thunderbi rd environment. For
as unified as are our aims, so varied are the
backgro unds of our classma tes. By fusing
together these unrelated pasts, we have
formed a well-knit group who, each one,
has fo und this ye ar wonderfu lly rewarding
in valued friendsh ips. On the next two
pages are statistics that give a new perspec­tive
of our classes.
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Class Pro file
PROFILES, as profi les usually go, are generally
inclined to come up with some sort of average,
a common ma n, a norm, or the li ke. The May
1957 Class Profile is noth ing more tha n a reliabie
brea kdown of the students themselves, from
where they came, their ed ucational backgrounds,
their conditio ns, marita l to ma rtia l, all ba sed on
data sheets fi lled out honestly, we must suppose,
by September 19, 1956.
Stati stica lly there were 196 men and women
students, excluding wives, who regi stered for
AIFT's fu ll course. A standout 1.6tjr of us were
si ngle girls (th ree). Bachelor men totaled 109 and a 55.6/􀄊􀨠 ma jority, with 84 ma rried me n
comp leting the class. Of these, 56 had no child­ren,
28 had one or more. One only needed to
remain here for a yea r to see how these last
figu res were readjusted.
We came from all over the cou ntry, representing
36 states plus the District of Co lumbia, and 6 foreign countries. Californians preva iled with
28tjr of the class, outn umbering Il linois' seco nd­la
rgest delegation 4 to 1 and the voc iferous
ha ndful from Texa s a little over 5 to 1. Most of
us have been breathing air for about 26.9 years,
with the exception of a couple of jet pilots who
spent some time on pure oxygen. Our youngest
reg istrant was 20, the oldest 54. Most of us
were Depression babies and many of us found
our fina nces in a simi lar state during the yea r.
In Attempting To pay our school debts, 117 of
us had aid from one of the Public Law bills. Five
of that number came under the Wo rld War II bill.
In other efforts to meet the levi es, over 40 stu­dents
and 35 wives held full or pa rt-time jobs off
campus. Another 25 students and wives were
empl oyed by the Institute.
Of the 184 regular AIFT students st udying lan­guages,
145 took Spanish, 20 enrolled in Port­uguese,
and 19 studied French. Wives ta king
part in the language training were 37, 3, and 7
respective ly.
The great ma jority of us, 79 7r , have preferred to
live on campus. During the fi rst semester 30 co uples lived in the surrounding area, while
nine single students also resided off-campus.
For the second semester; the married couples
living awtly remained the same, and a total of
13 bachelors joined them in town (or the red
barn), ra ising the off-campus tota l to 23%.
Age Dis tri bution
22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
AGES OF STUDENTS
38 40 42 44 46 48
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Eco nom ics
La nguages
Engl ish, Dra ma
Po litica l Science
History
Foreign Trade
Engineering
Life Scie nces
Finance
International Re lations
Ge neral Sciences
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